The Growth of the Cambrian Combine
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Date of Amalgamation
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Colliery
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Company
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Output in 1916
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1895
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Cambrian Nos. 1,2
& 3
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Cambrian Colls. Ltd
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986,000
|
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1907
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Llwynypia Nos. 1,2
& 6
Sherwood Level
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Glamorgan Coal Co.
Ltd
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905,000
|
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1908
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Formation of the
Cambrian Trust Ltd
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|
|
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1908
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Anthony
Pandy
Ely
Nantgwyn
Adare Level
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Naval Coll. Co. Ltd
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595,000
|
|
1910
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With J.W. Beynon
& L Llewellyn controlling
interest in Fernhill Nos. 1,2,3,
& 4
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Fernhill Colls. Co.
Ltd
|
500,000
|
|
1913 [May]
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Formation of
Consolidated Cambrian Ltd [Share
Capital £2m; subscribed capital
£1,791,211]
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|
|
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1916
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Controlling interest
in David Davies & Sons Ltd,
Ferndale Nos.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 & 9
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|
1,900,000
|
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|
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4,886,000
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In addition the Cambrian Combine secured
a controlling interest in the following
South Wales collieries outside the Rhondda
Valleys.
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1907
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Albion Steam Co. Ltd
|
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1910
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Britannic Merthyr
Coal Co. Ltd
|
|
1911
|
Cynon Colliery Co.
Ltd
|
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1911
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Celtic Colls Ltd.
|
|
1916
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North’s Navigation
Coal Co. Ltd
|
|
1916
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Imperial Navigation
Co. Ltd
|
|
1916
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International Coal
Co. Ltd
|
|
1916
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Welsh Navigation
Steam Coal Co. Ltd
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|
1916
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Gwaun-cae-gurwen
Colliery Co. Ltd
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In 1916 the Cambrian Group of Rhondda
Collieries controlled nearly 5 million tons
out of the total output of the Rhondda
coalfield of 7,597,106 tons [about 66%]. The
output of the Cambrian Combine as a whole in
South Wales amounted to no less than
7,355,00 tons.
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